Friday, February 10, 2012

For the Love of Pizza and Nutella

How can you say " I love you" better? How about with a jar of Ferrero Rocher's Nutella? Or how about with pizza? Since Valentine's Day is just a few days away, a certain local pizza chain has been creating them in heart shapes. Sounds clever, right? How is this better, Nutella Pizza?

Last February 5, lover's of Nutella celebrated World Nutella Day. So how do they celebrate? In our house Nutella is everything. You will never see it inside the pantry but you will always see spoons licked because of it, and it is always on the counter, on the computer table, almost everywhere. So you know that a medium jar doesn't take us days to finish. As part of that occassion, I have prepared a pizza, a different kind of pizza. A gianduja pizza with healthy treats topped on it.

Here are the things you may need:

Small wholewheat Tortillas

Nutella

walnuts, or any nuts

dried cranberries, or raisins

apple chips (non-fry, dehydrated)

To assemble it:

On a cookie sheet, put the tortillas, spread Nutella over it. Top with nuts, and dried fruits. You may put bacon or mild cheese, or just be crazy with what ever that struck your fancy . I played Dr. Jekyll and Hyde part as I was doing this.

Together with the other participants, Nutella is the major ingredient in all the recipes shared. So there is a limitless way of devouring or just enjoying the world's number one chocolate spread. And this is my shot!

For Press Release:

Thousands of bloggers and fans worldwide celebrate Italy’s
edible treasure with online and offline tributes for the 6th anniversary
of World Nutella Day on February 5, 2012.

Milan, Italy January 23, 2012 – On February 5, 2012,
thousands of fans around the world will once again celebrate their love
for one of Italy’s national, edible treasures: Nutella. This year’s
event will be the 6th annual World Nutella Day honoring the
chocolate-hazelnut spread; American writers in Italy Sara Rosso and
Michelle Fabio began the holiday in 2007 to encourage Nutella
enthusiasts worldwide to enjoy and get creative with Nutella.

Although many Italian and other European children fall in love with
Nutella from an early age, the spread is just really hitting
English-speaking markets and around the world; no matter how old you are
the first time you try Nutella, though, the excitement is palpable and
memorable. World Nutella Day is the perfect day for adults everywhere to
experience a second childhood and discover Nutella.

Online tributes to the sweet treat in previous years have included
homemade recipes, picture collages, and even haiku. Also at
NutellaDay.com, the online home of the event, fans can find the top
collection of Nutella recipes — over 700 ways to enjoy Nutella in
everything from cookies and cupcakes to drinks and pizza as well as
Nutella substitute recipes for those who would like to make their own
homemade version.

“Thanks to World Nutella Day, we’ve seen a sharp increase in
Nutella’s buzz online, and it’s all fan-driven! Google’s search volume
for Nutella has more than quadrupled in the past 6 years, and there was
no Nutella recipe search traffic before the launch of World Nutella Day.
Now we’re the #1 source of Nutella recipes on the web,” said co-host
Sara Rosso.

This year, hosts Sara and Michelle have several messages about real
live World Nutella Day parties being organized by Nutella Day fans all
over the world; more suggestions on how you can celebrate wherever you
are can be found at NutellaDay.com.

“Although Nutella execs have long positioned the spread as a
breakfast food, World Nutella Day fans have made clear that one of
life’s sweetest pleasures is discovering new ways to incorporate Nutella
into old recipes — and we’re here to encourage that,” adds co-host
Michelle Fabio.

About World Nutella Day:

World Nutella Day, www.nutelladay.com
was created in 2007 by Sara Rosso, an American writer living in Italy,
and is currently co-hosted by Sara and Michelle Fabio, another American
writer living in Italy. Lovers of Nutella get creative with the
chocolaty-hazelnut spread and blog about their creations or send in
recipes and photos.

Aside from the NutellaDay.com website, which boasts a list of more
than 500 Nutella recipes from all over the globe, World Nutella Day can
also be found @nutelladay on Twitter and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/WorldNutellaDay.
World Nutella Day’s Facebook fan page has over 25,000 fans and growing
quickly, with fans from all over the world: from Kuwait to France to the
Philippines; 76% of fans are women and 68% of all fans are between
18-44.

About Sara Rosso:

Sara Rosso is an American digital strategist, writer and photographer living in Milan, Italy. She writes about food at Ms. Adventures in Italy, and about tech talk and growing your business at When I Have Time.com.
Her photography has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, La Cucina
Italiana and her writing can be found all over the Internet as well as
in Fodor’s Italy guide.

Sara tried Nutella on her first trip to Italy in 1994 and tried not
to gain the “Nutella 15″ when studying abroad years later (she’s also
got a healthy living site called Food Blogger on a Diet). She’s been living in Italy since 2003. She also co-hosts an all-Italy podcast called Eye on Italy.

Sara can be reached via @rosso on Twitter and via email at press AT sararosso DOT com.

About Michelle Fabio:

Michelle Fabio (@michellefabio)
is an American lawyer-turned-freelance writer who has lived in her
family’s ancestral village in Calabria, Italy since 2003; she writes at Bleeding Espresso and at Goat Berries, about raising “kids” in southern Italy. Michelle offers a consulting service for aspiring law students called Personal Statement Artist.
Michelle has written for the Education Channel of About.com, a New York
Times company, as the Guide to Law School and is the official blogger
of LegalZoom.com; she has had
hundreds of articles and blog posts published in other places such as
The Legal Intelligencer, Create Magazine, Italy Magazine, and easyJet
Inflight Magazine.She tried Nutella for the first time in Italy in 2002
and wonders how she ever ate fresh bread without it.Michelle can be
reached at michelle AT michellefabio DOT com.

About Me

A foodie, a mom to four. a wife, a baker, a business owner and a friend to many!
Method to my madness:
1. Frequent visits to places I love.
2. Fill up my home with lovely memories were eating is the medium.
3. Write my mind out!
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